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Mira's fingers lingers on the cover for a moment, a soft smile gracing her lips as she closes the book, a world contained within the pages, a world she now knows intimately, the story of her parents.
A story of pain and loss and unexpected love, she smiles at herself then, a private, knowing smile.
The door to the living room opens as her mom walks in, elegant and radiant, years having softened the sharp edges of her youth, adding a quiet grace, a timeless beauty that captivates Mira every time.
Mira looks exactly like her dad and nothing like her mom, while Bryan, her junior brother, had all the features of his mother, and while he seemed to be sleeping. She is still awake.
Mira jumps to her moms side, her body moving without conscious thought, propelled by a su
